Responding to Griffin Thayer's Question

Griffin asked "Is it better to be too trusting or not trusting enough?"

This question I feel is highly subjective, with both sides being able to be seen equally. Is it better to trust too much or not enough totally depends on the person.

Myself, I tend to not trust enough, because I have had people take advantage of my trust and end up hurting me (though it's completely inevitable).  I feel it is easier for any person not to trust enough than too much, unless they are completely naive to the world around us with the harm that it can cause to an ignorant person.

Question:  How does naivety play a part in trust?  Or does it not have a role at all?

Responding to Katie Russell's Question

Katie asked "What do you think, is there such a thing as a trust worthy person" 

 I personally feel that there is a trustworthy person, though the want to trust and be trusted is part of the selfish nature of human nature.

             To be able to be trusted by someone, I feel you have to have had put your trust in someone else.

Google defined trust as: to have confidence or faith in also having reliance without fear.

Again, I feel that there is a such thing as a trustworthy person, just finding that person can be a mission.

 Though I cannot really explain why I feel there is a trustworthy person, I believe it is so.  There is such thing as a non-trustworthy person, so if that is so, there must be a trustworthy person.

I have the most trust put in my older sister; and the bond that we have is impossible to break.  I can tell her anything, and I tell her everything.  I know that if I need anything, I can go to her.  She would never do anything to intentionally hurt me, and vice-versa. 

I feel that is a way to describe a trustworthy person.  If you can describe something using realistic terms, I feel that it does in fact exist.

Question: Can you personally be trusted if you haven't given your trust to someone else?  How does being trusted and giving your trust go hand-in-hand? 

Is being left handed wrong?

I grew up not only being the oddball in my family, but also the oddball around me at school.  I am left handed.                                                          Growing up dealing with being left handed was rather tricky, especially considering that no one in my family is left handed, so learning basic things such as writing was tricky.                                 It's hard to believe that not even that long ago, people were being convicted and even killed for being left handed because they were seen as "evil" or "satanic".                                                               Even on TV shows the left handed portion of the population were put down.  One show i remember in particular is Rugrats, where they convinced the only left handed person on the show that he wasn't left handed, he was wrong handed...  Shortly after seeing that episode, my sister then started to say that I was wrong handed.. and still to this day she does it.

But there was a point in human nature where there was an acceptance of this difference.  People are no longer being killed for this, and though some places still convert lefties into right handed people (I was almost converted myself down south), but even accepting.  Though people are getting used to this, the world is still what I like to say "anti-left handed".  Even some of the class rooms at MCLA are like that, there are no lefty desks!!!  Though one and ten people are left handed, we still exist.

I got a book in the mail today about left handed people that is really interesting to me.  One thing that I read that completely fascinated me was "Being left handed in a right handed world can be frustrating, which may account for the fact that Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler were left handed" (The Left Hander's Handbook 12).                                                                                                                                                                                        So when was the point in time that lefties were accepted as "normal" people?  It often bugs me that things often are easily usable for left handed people.  I don't think people really realize how much of a challenge this is in every day life.  Even doors hate us left handers... it kinda sucks.

What are your views on the conversions of lefties and the executions?  Why do you think that left handed people were seen as "evil" or "satanic" way back when?

Fun fact:  I am related to the only survivor of the Salem Witch Trials, and she is the only lefty in my family aside from me that we would trace.  Do you think that I'm a witch then? (don't make me hex you) :D

 

Responding to Julia's question...

"Do you believe it is important for people to travel? Is remaining stationary as many did in the past more beneficial than our constant need to travel today?"

 I personally love this question.  I haven't traveled too much, but I have seen more than a lot of people (because my father was in the military and we moved around a bit).  I have seen places that have blown my mind!  Outside of the country I have been to France, Spain, Mexico, and Canada; and each place has been very different, especially compared to USA.
Though everywhere is basically the same, it's amazing how different everything and the people can be.   Going to France made me feel better about my mannerisms.  Spain made me realize just how beautiful a country can possibly be, with it's landforms and how artwork can go hand-in-hand with it.  Canada, I don't remember too much about it, eh?  The place that hit me the most was Mexico.

 Going to Mexico made me feel thankful for everything that I have in my life.  SO many people live in poverty due to the minimal wage being six dollars a week there.  Learning about this and more about how the people live there, made me realize how much people in America take for granted.  Going and seeing this place first hand changed my views on my life entirely.

I personally feel that people should get out and travel.  It doesn't have to be to other countries.  Hell, it doesn't even have to be out of your state!  Just getting out and seeing things that aren't part of your every day life is key.  I feel to understand the differences in places and even people, we need to go out and see it first hand.
Like with when I went to Mexico, I never really understood everything that was taking place there, and just how bad things can be for a person.  Yes, we see poverty and such in our own countries, and even in North Adams, but not to the extent that I have seen in Mexico and even Spain.

Their lives are so different compared to ours, but that is their life, and every life is different.  Different cultures, different people, different morals, different ethics, and just different lives: it all needs to be seen first hand -you can't learn about this fully from a textbook.


My question to you is: Have you ever traveled to a place that has changed your outlook on how you live your life?  Where was it?  How so?  How did traveling change your mind set on not only life, but also how humans interact in different places?